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The Transporting Sick Animals Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect handling
- improper animal care
- 2. Loading animals onto transportation
- Anxiety/stress on animals
- accidents due to poor handling
- 3. Securing the animals
- Injuries from animal
- stress/anxiety on animal
- 4. Transporting animals
- Vehicle accidents
- improper temperature control
- 5. Unloading animals
- Stress/anxiety on animals
- accidents due to poor handling
- 6. Confirming animal’s health
- Exposure to zoonotic diseases
- biting/scratching
- 7. Segregating sick animals
- Cross-contamination
- transmission of diseases
- 8. Handling and treatment
- Exposure to zoonotic diseases
- physical injury from animal
- 9. Cleaning equipment
- Exposure to harmful chemicals
- Risk of infection
- 10. Dealing with waste
- Biohazard exposure
- contamination
- 11. Record keeping
- Data loss
- incorrect records
- 12. Comfort checks
- Physical injury from animal
- exposure to zoonotic disease
- 13. Feeding animals
- Biting/scratching
- allergic reactions
- 14. Regular medical checks
- Exposure to zoonotic diseases
- physical injury from animal
- 15. Proper disposal of deceased animals
- Biohazard risks
- emotional stress
- 16. Decontaminating area post-transportation
- Chemical exposure
- cross-contamination
- 17. Safe return travel
- Vehicle accidents
- fatigue
- 18. Job completion and sign-off
- Data loss
- incorrect records
- 19. Equipment restoration for future transportations
- Improper maintenance
- risk of equipment failure
- 20. Feedback and review
- Miscommunication
- overlooked errors